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USA | May 11 | 1950 | Conducted fourth launch of high-altitude rocket "Viking-1" in framework of scientific program. For the first time launch was conducted from marine platform near Hawaii islands. |
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USSR | May 11 | 1950 | Born Alexander Sergeevich Bashilov - Director General of OAO (Join stock company) NPO "Molniya" since 1993. It is one of leading company in Russian space industry. |
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USA | May 11 | 1962 | "General Dynamics/Convair" company signed contract with NASA for development of "Little Joe 2" booster for testing of Emergency Escape System of "Apollo" spacecraft. |
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USSR | May 11 | 1973 | Under the name of "Cosmos-557" was launched "DOS-3" Salyut type space station. Because of wrong actions of ground control, space station failed to be delivered to an orbit. |
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USSR-USA | May 11 | 1977 | An agreement for joint experimental flights of "Salyut" type space stations and STS Space Shuttle between USSR Academy of Sciences and NASA was signed in Moscow. But first docking of the STS Space Shuttle with "Mir" space station was made only in 1995. |
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USA | May 11 | 1982 | The OPS 6553 spy satellite was launched. |
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USSR | May 11 | 1987 | The Gorizont-14 communication satellite was launched. |
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USSR | May 11 | 1993 | The Cosmos-2245 and Cosmos-2250 satellites were launched. |
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China | May 11 | 1997 | The DFH-3 communication satellite was launched. |
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USA | May 11 | 2000 | The GPS-51 navigation satellite was launched. |
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USA | May 12 | 1960 | George Walker on rocket plane "Õ-15"for the first time over came by three times speed of sound - 3397 km/h (Ì=3.19). |
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Russia | May 12 | 1995 | Russian cosmonaut G.M. Strekalov in the age of 54 made an EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity). He became the oldest Russian cosmonaut who made an EVA. |
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Russia | May 12 | 2000 | Cosmonauts S.V. Zaletin and A.Y. Kaleri made the last EVA from the board of "Mir" space station.. |
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Russia | May 12 | 2002 | Accident took place in Baikonur Cosmodrome. Roof fall of assembly and test building occured during roof cleanout. 8 workers, Buran spacecraft and Energia launch vehicle were under debris of roof. |
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USSR | May 13 | 1942 | Born Vladimir Alexandrovich Djanibekov - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR, General-major of Air Force. Made five space missions in 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984 and 1985. |
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USSR | May 13 | 1946 | Approved the Decision of USSR Soviet of Ministers to develop network of Science and Research Institutes and Design Bureaus for design and development of long range rockets in given limited timeframe. This decision gave a birth to special branch of Soviet defense industry named in Russian rocket building industry. |
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USSR | May 13 | 1946 | Approved a Decision of Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers of the USSR to create Central State test field Kapustin Yar. |
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USA | May 13 | 1948 | Conducted first launch of "Bumper"- two stage rocket for testing of process of division of booster stages. |
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USSR | May 13 | 1956 | Born Alexander Yur'evich Kaleri - pilot-cosmonaut of Russia. Made three space missions in 1992, 1996 and 2000 years. |
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France | May 13 | 1957 | Born Claudie Andre-Deshays - cosmonaut of the France. Made one space mission in 1996. |
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USSR | May 13 | 1959 | Approved a Decision of Soviet of Ministers of the USSR for ICBM "R-16"/SS-7 Mod1/Saddler design. |
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USSR | May 13 | 1959 | Approved a Decision of Soviet of Ministers of the USSR for ICBM "R-9"/SS-8/Sasin design. |
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USA | May 13 | 1960 | Launch of "Echo" satellite ended with accident of the "Thor-Delta" booster. |
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USA | May 13 | 1964 | Conducted test successfully of separation of booster and "Apollo" command module on supersonic speed with help of "Little Joe-2" booster |
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USSR | May 13 | 1979 | Launched cargo vehicle "Progress-6" for "Salyut-6" space station supply. |
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USSR | May 13 | 1982 | Conducted launch of "Soyuz T-5" spacecraft under program of first Main Mission to "Salyut-7" space station with the crew of A.N. Berezovoy and V.V.Lebedev. Crew made a new record of flight duration - 211 days 9 hours 4 minutes 32 seconds. |
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USSR | May 13 | 1988 | Launched cargo vehicle "Progress-36" for "Mir" space station supply. |
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May 13 | 1992 | After change of new upper stage to "Intelsat-603", communication satellite was re-launched from Shuttle. Satellite made by Intelsat corporation. | |
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USA | May 13 | 1998 | The NOAA-15 weather satellite was launched. |
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Russia | May 13 | 2002 | The monument to Sergey A. Afanasyev Minister for General Engineering was put up in the Novodevichye cemetery. |
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Russia | May 14 | 1898 | Born Boris Sergeevich Petropavlovskiy - artillery engineer. One of organizers and Chief of rocketry design. One of developers of rocket system for "Katyusha". Chief of GDL (Gas Dynamic Laboratory) since 1930 until 1931. |
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USA | May 14 | 1952 | Born McMonagle, Donald Ray - astronaut of the US. Made three space missions in 1991, 1993 and 1994 years. |
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USSR | May 14 | 1956 | Conducted high-altitude launch of "R-1E" booster (modification of "R-1"/SS-1/Scunner missile) with dogs on board under program of Academy of Science of the USSR. Physiological data was received during the mission. |
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USA | May 14 | 1957 | Born Gregory, William George - astronaut of the US. Made one space mission in 1995. |
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USA | May 14 | 1973 | Conducted launch of "Skylab" space station. During the one-year there were three missions to space station. |
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USSR | May 14 | 1981 | Conducted launch of "Soyuz-40" spacecraft to "Salyut-6" space station under program of 11th Visiting Mission with the crew of L.I. Popov and first cosmonaut Rumania D. Prunariu. |
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Russia | May 14 | 1996 | Launch of "Kometa" satellite for 2 meters resolution remote sensing under join Russian and American program "Spin-2" ended with accident of the head parts of "Soyuz-U"/SL-4 booster. |
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Russia | May 14 | 1998 | The Progress M-39 cargo vehicle was launched. |
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Russia | May 14 | 1998 | Approved a Decision #2454-PGD of State Duma “For legislation “About government support of potential of space industry and space infrastructure of the Russian Federation”. |
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USSR | May 15 | 1929 | GDL (Gas Dynamic Laboratory) Department was organized for design of electric and liquid fuel rockets and engines with Valentin P. Glushko as leader. This date is considered as birth of NPO "Energomash" company. |
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USSR | May 15 | 1942 | Conducted first flight of the Soviet rocket plane with liquid propulsion. G.Ya Bakhchivangi piloted plane. Duration of the flight was 3 minutes 9 seconds and speed 400 km/h was developed. |
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USA | May 15 | 1942 | Born England, Anthony Wayne - astronaut of the US. Made one space flight in 1985. |
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USA | May 15 | 1947 | 24th launch of trophy "A-4"(V-2)/SS-1/Scunner ended with accident of a booster. |
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USSR | May 15 | 1949 | Conducted third launch of "R-1A"/SS-1A/Scunner with detachable head part under program of Academy of Science of the USSR. |
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USA | May 15 | 1949 | Born Culbertson, Frank Lee, Jr. - astronaut of the US. Made two space missions in 1990 and 1993 years. |
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USA | May 15 | 1956 | Conducted second test launch of ballistic missile "Jupiter-A". |
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USSR | May 15 | 1957 | First test launch of new ICBM "R-7"/SS-6/Sapwood ended with accident of the missile on the 98 second of flight. |
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USSR | May 15 | 1958 | Conducted launch of third soviet satellite - "Object D" - it was first space laboratory with 12 scientific instruments onboard. |
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USSR | May 15 | 1960 | Conducted launch of the first "Spacecraft-Satellite" under program of preparation for the flight into space with man on board. |
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USSR | May 15 | 1963 | Approved a Decision of Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers of the USSR to put on duty missile complex "D-4" for submarines with "R-21"/SS-N-5Mod 1/Serb missile. |
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USA | May 15 | 1963 | Conducted launch of manned spacecraft "Mercury-9" with astronaut L.G.Cooper on board. It was end of "Mercury" program. New record was established of duration of flight - 1day 10 hours 19 minutes and 49 seconds. |
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May 15 | 1969 | Landing capsule of "Venera-5" probe conducted smooth descent on parachute on the night side of the Venus planet. Duration of landing - 53 minutes. During the descent more information was received about atmosphere of Venus than from "Venera-4" probe. Landing was done until atmospheric pressure in 27 atm. | |
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USSR | May 15 | 1982 | Launch of 57-th "Soyuz-U"/SL-4 with "Zenith-6" low-resolution spy satellite of third generation named as"Argon" ended with accident of the booster. |
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USSR | May 15 | 1987 | Conducted first test flight of "Energiya"/SL-17 booster with "Poluys" satellite. There was malfunction of orientation system of satellite. Satellite fall down into the ocean. |
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USA | May 15 | 1997 | Conducted 19th launch of STS Space Shuttle "Atlantis" - mission STS-84. Flight was under "Mir-NASA 6" program. "Atlantis" brought on Mir astronaut C.M.Foale for long-term mission on board space station. |
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Russia | May 15 | 1998 | Launched "Progress M-39" for Mir space station supply. |
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Russia-USA | May 15 | 2001 | The PAS-10 American telecommunicational satellite was launched. |
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China | May 15 | 2002 | The Feng Yun-1D weather satellite and the Hai Yang 1 (Oceansat 1) oceanographic satellite were launched on Long March-4B launch vehicles from Tiayuan cosmodrome. |
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USA | May 16 | 1945 | Born Shaw, Brewster Hopkinson, Jr. - astronaut of the US. Made three space missions in 1983, 1985 and 1989 years. |
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USSR | May 16 | 1946 | NII #88 (Scientific Research Institute) was organized, by the order of D.F.Ustinov - Minister of Weaponry on the base of artillery factory #88) now TcNIIMASH. |
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Canada | May 16 | 1954 | Born Dafydd 'Dave' Rhys Williams - astronaut of the Canada. Made one space mission in 1998. |
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USSR | May 16 | 1957 | Conducted first launch of geophysical rocket "R-2A"with two dogs onboard which was developed on the base of "R-2"/SS-2/Sibling missile. |
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USSR | May 16 | 1961 | Conducted 6th test launch of ICBM "R-16"/SS-7 Mod1/Saddler. It was second successful launch of that booster. |
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Russia | May 16 | 2000 | For the first time new upper stage "Briz-KM" was used during the launch of "Rokot" booster. |
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USSR | May 17 | 1949 | Conducted fourth launch of "R-1A"/SS-1a/Scunner with detachable head part under program of Academy of Science of USSR. |
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USSR | May 17 | 1966 | 18th launch of second generation spy satellite "Zenith-4" ended with accident of the first stage of the "Voshod"/SL-4 booster. |
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USA | May 17 | 1966 | Launch of "Atlas Agena D" booster with "Agena D-9"/TDA-5 stage for docking with "Gemini" spacecraft ended with accident. |
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USSR | May 17 | 1967 | Launch of "E-6LS" probe for lunar research ended with accident of the fourth stage of "Molniya-M"/SL-6 booster. |
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USSR | May 17 | 1969 | Landing capsule of "Venera-6" spacecraft conducted descent on dark side of the Venus. Duration of landing - 53 minutes. Significant amount of data was received. |
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USA | May 17 | 1974 | Conducted launch of "SMS-1" satellite - first synchronous meteorological satellite. |
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USSR | May 17 | 1974 | Conducted launch of scientific satellite - "Intercosmos-11". Launch was devoted to the 250-th anniversary of Russian Academy of Science. Ozone distribution data in upper atmosphere was received during the flight. |
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USSR | May 17 | 1982 | Launched "Iskra-2" satellite, which was designed by students of MAI (Moscow Aviation Institute) from the board of "Salyut" space station. It was first satellite, which was launched from the space station. |
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USSR | May 17 | 1984 | The Cosmos-1553 navigation satellite. |
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International | May 17 | 1995 | The Intelsat-706 communication satellite was launched from Kuru cosmodrome. |
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USA | May 17 | 1996 | The MSTI-3 force-technological satellite was launched. |
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USA | May 17 | 1998 | Five communication satellites Iridium type were launched. |
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Russia | May 18 | 1908 | Born Nikolay Alekseevich Pilugin, academician, twice Hero of Socialistic Labor, Designer General of control systems for boosters and spacecrafts. He participated in design of the first ICBM "R-7"SS-6/Sapwood. |
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USA | May 18 | 1930 | Born Don Leslie Lind - astronaut of the US. Made one space mission in 1985. |
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USA | May 18 | 1959 | Second test launch of ICBM "Atlas-D" ended with accident of the missile. |
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USA | May 18 | 1968 | Launch of meteorological satellite "Nimbus-B" ended with accident of the "Thorad-Agena-D" booster. |
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USA | May 18 | 1969 | Conducted launch of "Apollo-10", second manned spacecraft which was launched into lunar satellite orbit, with the crew of T.P.Stafford, J.W.Young and E.A.Cernan. During the mission simulation of landing was conducted in the Lunar module. |
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USSR | May 18 | 1973 | Conducted first launch of modified "Soyuz-U"/SL-4 booster with spy satellite"Cosmos-559", 13th "Zenith-4MK" named "Hermes". |
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USSR-USA | May 18 | 1977 | In Geneva was signed joint agreement between USSR and the USA about space exploration for peaceful purposes. Agreement was ratified since 24th of May. |
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USSR | May 18 | 1982 | Conducted launch of "Geyzer"/"Cosmos-1366" - first relay satellite of second generation. |
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Russia | May 18 | 1991 | Conducted launch of "SoyuzTM-12" spacecraft under program of 9th Main Mission to Mir space station with the crew of A.P.Artsebarskiy and S.K.Krikalev and first British woman astronaut H.P.Sharman. |
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USA | May 18 | 1999 | The Terries and Mublcom military- research satellites were launched. |
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USA | May 18 | 2001 | The USA-158 spy satellite was launched. |
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USA | May 19 | 1939 | Born Scobee, Francis Richard - astronaut of the US. Made one space mission in 1984 and was perished January 28th , 1986 in STS Space Shuttle "Challenger". |
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USSR | May 19 | 1939 | Conducted successful flight of the first in the world two stages rocket with air RAM-jet engine on second stage. Rocket designed by Merkulov. |
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France | May 19 | 1948 | Born Haignere, Jean-Pierre - cosmonaut of France. Made two space missions in 1993 and 1999. |
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USA | May 19 | 1955 | Born Thuot, Pierre Joseph - astronaut of the US. Made three space missions in 1990, 1992 and 1994 years. |
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USA | May 19 | 1965 | Conducted launch of mock-up command module of "Apollo" spacecraft for test of Emergency Escape System. Because of malfunction in command system of the "Little Joe-2" booster program ended with accident. |
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USSR | May 19 | 1971 | Conducted launch of "Mars-2" probe - orbital module was first in the world Mars satellite. Landing module was the first who brought pendant on Mars surface. |
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USSR | May 19 | 1987 | Launched cargo vehicle "Progress-30" for Mir space station supply. |
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USA | May 19 | 1996 | Conducted 11th launch of STS Space Shuttle "Endeavour" - mission STS-77. During the flight conducted research in "Spacehab" laboratory. |
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USA | May 19 | 2000 | Conducted 21st launch of STS Space Shuttle "Atlantis" - mission STS-101. Shuttle brought to the ISS equipment. In the crew was Russian cosmonaut Y.V. Usatchev. |
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USA | May 20 | 1944 | Born Walker, David Mathieson - astronaut of the US. Made four space mission in 1984, 1989, 1992 and 1995 years. |
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USA | May 20 | 1951 | Born Akers, Thomas Dale - astronaut of the US. Made four space missions in 1990, 1992, 1993 and 1996 years. |
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USSR | May 20 | 1954 | Approved a Decision about design an ICBM "R-7"/SS-6/Sapwood. OKB-1 (Special Design Bureau-1) was assigned as prime contractor. |
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USSR | May 20 | 1966 | Third launch of orbital missile "R-36-Orb"/SS-9 Mod 3/Scarp under program of "global missile" program ended with accident. |
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USA | May 20 | 1972 | Launch of 35th third generation spy satellite ÊÍ-8 (Keyhole)/ "Gambit" ended with accident of the "Titan-3B" booster. |
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USA | May 20 | 1975 | Third launch of two satellites "DSCS-2" - for military UHF communication, protected voice mail and high speed data transmission ended with accident of the "Titan-3C"booster. |
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USA | May 20 | 1978 | Conducted launch of "Pioneer-Venus-1" probe for radar survey of Venus. |
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USSR | May 20 | 1983 | Approved a Decision of USSR Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers to put on duty solid fuel ICBM for submarines with dividing warhead RSM-52/R-39/SS-N-20 Mod 1/Sturgeon - complex "D-19". |
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India | May 20 | 1992 | Third launch of "ASLV" booster became first successful launch. "SROSS-Ñ" satellite was launched. |
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Russia | May 20 | 1995 | Conducted launch of "Spectr" module for "Mir" space station. |
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Russia | May 20 | 1997 | 21st launch of second generation radio spy satellite "Tcsilina-2" ended with accident of the "Zenith-2"/SL-16 booster. |
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Russia-Canada | May 20 | 1999 | The Nimiq-1 Canadian communication satellite was launched on Proton-K launch vehicle. |
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Russia | May 20 | 2001 | Progress M1-6 cargo vehicle was launched. |
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